How To Register Limited Liability Company In Kenya

When starting a business in Kenya, one of the key legal obligation to operating your business is to have it registered in Sheria House. There are some requirements that any entrepreneur planning to register their business under the Company Act. If you are an entrepreneur who is looking to register a private limited liability company, you will need to follow the below steps;

Step 1: Company Name Search

Entrepreneur should propose names (preferably three) that must be reserved pending registration. (Tip: In order to have a high success rate and save money at the same time while searching for your business name, make sure your name is not general. For example; try using more than one letter word, like Fenesi Continental Ltd. or Fenesi Solutions Ltd. rather than Fenesi Ltd.)

Your legal name must end with an Ltd designator, such as “Limited Liability Company”, “Ltd”. Also, the name can not be the same as another Limited Liability Company on file in the company registry in which you are filing or registering.

Step 2: Memorandum & Article of Association

At this stage of the registration process, the company name search results should be ready before proceeding further. Memorandum & Article of Association can be obtained through our company registration service provider. Dealpoa will be able to assist you through this process and will request some information needed to prepare the Memorandum & Article of Association.

Once you have provided the above information, the directors will now be required to sign the complete Memorandum & Article of Association. (Usually page 9 & 16).

There will be 3 copies of the Memorandum & Article of Association that you will be required to sign. First copy will remain at the company registry, Second copy will be used to open a bank account and you will remain with the Third copy.

You will also be required to fill and sign the following forms before returning back the Memorandum & Article of Association;

• Form No. 208 – Declaration of Compliance with the requirements of the Companies act on application for registration of a company
• Form No. 201 – Notice of situation of registered office or of any change therein (Section 108)
• The Stamp Duty Act (Cap 480) – Statement of Nominal Capital

If you are upgrading from sole proprietor to limited liability company, you will be required to fill and sign BN/6 (Notice of Cessation of Business)

See Also: How To Register A Sole Proprietor Company In Kenya

Step 3: What’s Next!

Well, now you will need to just wait for the Memorandum & Article of Association to be taken to KRA for Stamp Duty and Company Registry for registration process takes place. This should take approximately 2 weeks. Also note that the cost for this process usually start from Ksh. 20,000 ($235) (using exchange rate of $1 = Ksh. 85)

So now you know the process of registering a limited liability company in Kenya.

Do you have a business idea and want to start it off, well you can have it registered as limited liability company today!

Kindly send us your request if interested to info@fenesi.com, We will be happy to assist you!

Here Is To Your Success In Registering Your Limited Liability Company!

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